London practice Tuckey Design Studio has refurbished a Victorian terrace in Knightsbridge, stripping back its interiors to create a tactile yet minimalist home.
Named Bough Terrace, the existing three-storey building had suffered severe water damage and had over-compartmentalised interiors with poor access to natural light.
Tuckey Design Studio has refurbished a home in London
Tuckey Design Studio prioritised the retention of the building's original timber lattice structure, stripping it back to its "bare bones" to reveal its textural beams and joists.
Where it was required, new timber elements have been added to create what the studio calls a "layering of timber and time".
The studio retained the home's original timber lattice structure "This concept was conceived from early research into the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto, Japan," explained the studio.
"The house was stripped back to its bare bones; the tactile character of the rich timber floor joists below and roof trusses above encouraged us to revel in their imperfections rather than concealing them," it continued.
"The existing gnarled and textural timber structure has been married with new solid timber, which by contrast is sharp and precise."
Plain white walls contrast with tactile surfaces
Protruding box skylights have been inserted to allow more natural light into the home, including in the kitchen on a newly created lower ground floor and a bedroom beneath the l...